The sentence I would choose is: "He was looking down at his outstretched hands as he talked". To me, it implies that he cannot look into the eyes of the person he is speaking to, as if he doesn't feel he is worthy.
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Ahhh yeah I took this before it was pretty easy but some where really hard but in overall it was easy
Hughes uses figurative language to develop theme by detailing to the reader the importance of the setting/ by also giving the characters life so that the theme is also seen from the characters he creates. This goes too show as the story developed Hughes language is a way of giving clues and foreshadowing what will happen or giving metaphors to explain complex ideas to the readers.